Jeff Lindberg owns and operates Bishop’s Gate Farm LLC, a dressage training facility established in December of 2000. A USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold medalist, Jeff started riding as a boy in his native New Mexico. In 1983, he took the first of many clinics from Charles de Kunffy, whose influence continues to impact Jeff’s riding today. Jeff earned Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania in 1992, and a Master’s degree in Architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY in 1995. While practicing as an architect, he continued to pursue his dressage riding and training, and in 2000 opened his own facility to work as a professional trainer and instructor. The analytical, reflective and visual nature of Jeff’s schooling as a mathematician and architect influences the way he works with horses and riders. Over the years, Jeff has been fortunate to receive instruction from many notable equestrians. In addition to Charles de Kunffy, he has also been taught by Karl Mikolka, Kay Meredith, Lois Heyerdahl, Tina Konyot, Jennifer Baumert, Paul Belasik, Francois Lemaire de Ruffieu, Sarah Geike, Renate Lansburgh, Sherry Ackerman, Bettina Drummond, Kathy Rowse, Ilse Schwarz and many others. Jeff has also worked with a wide variety of breeds and recognizes the unique gifts and challenges of each horse. (The USDF website discloses that he has been in 352 competitions on 31 different horses, and his business records show that over 120 horses have been in training to date.) Because of the range of his experience, Jeff’s training and teaching are often able to help riders and horses find solutions to problems that may have seemed previously complex, frustrating or intractable.
“The horse in the photo is Jello Van de Meer, a 2004 Friesian gelding shown competing at Intermediare-I last year. He has a Schleese Obrigado, which has been the only saddle that truly fits the unique conformation of his back, characteristic of the breed. Thank you Schleese for helping him accomplish all that he has!”